Improvement in shoulder-braces and suspenders combined



F. c. PRATT & elw'. WHITNEY.

Shoulder Braces and Suspenders Combin-d.

1 0. 124,913, v Patented M tch 26,187 2%";

WITNESS.

FRED G. PRATT AND GEORGE W. WHITNEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGN- ORS TOSAID WHITNEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOULDER-BRACES AND SUSPENDERS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,913, dated March26, 1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Shoulder-Braces andSuspenders Combined, made by FRED (J. PRATT and GEORGE W. WHITNEY, ofthe city of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio.

Our improvement relates to the combination of certain straps or bands insuch a manner that said straps or bands shall better subserve theobjects of ashoulder-bra-ce, and making the same more economically, madelighter,

and more comfortable to wear.

Figure 1 is a View of the back of the brace. Fig. 2 is a front View ofthe brace.

Like letters in the drawing refer to like parts.

In Figure 1, A A are caps, coming over the shoulders of the wearer infront and fitting upon the. extreme points of the shoulder, and

upon which the whole pressure of the brace falls. E E are straps orbands, at one end attached to the points of A A in front, as shown inFig. 2, and at the other end attached, by means of ordinary suspenderstraps and buckles, to the pants or skirts of the wearer, in front. B Bare straps or bands, attached to the caps A A at at d and crossing eachother on the back of the wearer, and at e 0 attached, by means ofbuckles, to the straps D D, and, by means of ordinary suspender strapsand buckles, to the pants or skirts of the wearer, at the back. 0 is anelastic band, attached to the caps A A at the points (1 d, and crossingthe shoulders and back of the wearer. D D are straps or bands, attachedin front to the bands E E, and at the back attached to B B by means ofbuckles, as aforesaid.

The straps B B draw upon the caps A A on the points of the shoulders ina line diagonally across theback of the wearer, the straps 0 drawingupon the caps A A in a direct line across the shoulders of the wearer.The straps D D operate with the straps B B to regulate the pressure ofthe caps A A on the shoulder points, and also to keep the said caps A Ain their position. The straps B B, D D, and 0, thus operating together,bring the shoulders into a natural position, at the same time leavin g afree use of the arms and shoulders of the wearer; and also, by doingaway with the heavy square form at the back, render the brace lighterand more comfortable to the- Witnesses:

S. EDGERTON, V GEO. M. WRIGHT. "3"

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